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Jan. 5, 1932. C. H. HAPGOQD `Re 18,324

SAFETY RAZOR Criginal Filed May 2 19125L 2 sheets-sheet 1 ATTORNEY Ja. l5, 1932. vcfl-l. HAPGooD SAFETY RAZOR original Filed My 2, 1925 2 sheets-sheet 2 INVENTOR C'Zmewc e/Za/vfaad Reissuecl Jan. 5, 1932 UNITED STATES CLARENCE H. HAPGOOD, OF TOLEDO, OHIO; `IELMIA A. HAPGOOD EXECUT-RIX 0F SAID PATENT OFFICE y CLARENCE H. HAPGOOD, DECE-ASED, ASSIGNOR lO ELMA A. HAPGOOD y SAFETY RAZOR Original No. 1,672,028, dated .Tune 5, 1928, Serial No. 27,357, filed May 2, 1925. Application for reissue 'led October 17, 1929. Serial No. 400,415.

' rlhis invention relates to safety razors and has for its principal object the provision of a relatively permanent blade'of high grade steel mounted in a holder adapted to serve as part of a frame during the shaving operation and as a guide during the operation of stropping.

rIt has long been customary to consider safety razor blades as small, thin strips of f; medium grade steel intended for use only a comparatively few times after which they are discarded. It is an object of this invention to replace the usual flimsy temporary blades with a relatively heavy blade of high grade razor steel which will last practically as long frame in several positions.

A further object of the inventionis the provision of a guard member havlng means for adjustably controlling 'the clearance space between the blade edge and the adjacent surface of the central teeth of the guard member, whereby the closeness with which the bladewill shave may be varied at will.

A further object of the invention is the arrangement ot novel means for holding the .f blade during the stropping and honing operations by provision of a handle detachably sccurable to the blade in an improved maniierand position whereby the blade may be slid in the usual manner over the surface of ordinary strops and hones.

Other objects and advantages will be apparentV .from the following description, wherein reference is made to the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of my invention and wherein simimoved.

lar reference numerals designate similar 'parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings y Figure 1 is a plan View of my improved A safety razor with the detachable guard re- Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of the auxiliary handle for engaging the blade during the stropping operation.

' Figure 4 is a similar view of the blade and frame in position to co-act with the auxiliary handle.

Figure 5 is a detail side view of the razor blade.

Figure 6 is an end view of my improved razor in position for shaving.

Figure 7 is a bottom plan view thereof. Figure 8 is a side elevation thereof. Figure 9 is a detail elevation of the detachable guard for positioning .the blade at any desired angle relatively to the frame.

Figure l() is a detail section taken substantially on the line l0-10 of Figure 7.

Figure ll is a detail cross-sectional view of one end of the guard member and the cutting edge of a blade, showing the construction of the adjustingmechanism for varying the clearance space between the guard teeth and the cutting edge of the blade, and

Figure l2 is a detail sectional view taken substantially on the line 12-12 of Figure Referring now to the drawings, the numeral 5 designates a handle and 6 a holder rigidly but detachably secured thereto,as by a threaded stem 7, this assembly thus constituting a frame. The holder 6 is substantially U-shaped and comprises side members and a transverse member, and is preer# ably provided with threaded apertures in its extremities for the reception of the fulcrum screws 8, which arepreferably formed sub- Itenons 8a, adapted to fit within the aperfV stantially as shown in Figure with round tures 9a in the blade 9 to permit ready rotation of the blade to position it at any desired angle relatively to the frame. The blade 9 is preferably an integral piece of high grade steel having a relatively thick rear portion in which arelocated the apertures 9a and a .body portion tapering` gradually to the cutlduring the stropping operation, or a h'o'ne ting edge portion which is preferably beveled substantially as shown. If desired the body portion of the blade 9 may be hollow ground between the cutting edge portion and thel thickened rear portion, whereby-'only the cutting edge portion and thelsides of the thickened rear portion contact a strop 10 during a honing operation (note Fig.V 2). The blade can be honed and stroppedv without being removed from the frame, and on p the usual hones and strops now in;l general use. The blade has a large wearing surface against the hone or strop and can always be keptto a super-keen edge, after the manner of the old-fashioned razors rather than the modern safety razor blades of ribbonsteel. The honing or stroppingoperationwith'my improved safety razor is performed exactly like'honing or stroppin'g of an old-fashioned razor except that the iblade itself is grasped by the operator through the medium YofY an auxiliaryhandle 111(no't Fig), Vandthen fslid along the surface of the strop orhone as long as desired. The auxiliary handle 11 isfuformed with a pair of clamping tin'es12 adapted to engage the `rbody portion of the blade at apoint4 intermediate the cutting edgefportionand the thiokenedrear portion of theblade, or more particularly at a point intermediate' the cutting'edge andthe axis `upon which the blade is mounted.` This insures", grasping the blade ata point condujcive to' easy stropping. This feature is of decided advantage as it ris of great assistance 'tothe-mere nOviCein learning to strop the blade correctly, as this position of the handle f relative to the blade makes ity unnecessary to apply -any rotary force to thehandle during the'stropping stroke in order to putpressure on 'the vcutting edge, as would otherwise be necessary if the handle were attached to vthe blade at a point in axial alignment with theiaxisrupon whichrthe blade is mounted.

With this feature, the only requirement is A mere downward pressure upon the blade,

, flat-wisetagainst the strop,and the force thus vapplied will provide the necessary pressure at the cutting edge,due to the fact thatthe handle iis attached to the blade at a point between the axis and the cutting edges'. In

f the'illustrated embodimenty I- have provided a Vpair of notches 13 in the body portion of the blade Aadjacent one side rthereof for the receptionofthe tines 12V of theauxiliary handle. .""Thel notches 13 are preferably of such depth that the outer surfaces of the tines 12 will not extend beyond the opposite faces of the blade and contact the strop or hone instead of permitting the desired contacts only between the cutting edge portion of the blade and its thickened rear portion. During the honing or stropping operation the holder 6 depends from the thickened rear portion of the blade 9 and acts as a pendulum to maintain the blade in contact with the strop or hone, Moreover, the side 'members of the holder 6 act as guides for preventing the 4lateral slipping of the blade during the honing'or stropping operations;- Preferably the strop or hone usedis of'slightly less width than the distance between the side 'members of the U-shaped holder 6 to permit a slight turning of the blade so that the blade Jvwillset with itsedge at an angle to the sides Aof the strop other than a right angle. This permits the vusual positioning of the blade relatively to the surface of the strop or hone, vand theside members of the` holder then engagethe-sides of the strop toprevent `deviation from the .desired angle while the blade is being slid along the surface of the strop or hone. r' Y A. The operation of honing' or stropping 'would,raccording1y, be carriedout by merely inserting the strop or-hone ybetween the' side membersof the holder 6 and -holding it in substantially horizontalposition. The holder 6 then hangs from the thickened surface of the blade 9a and the blade rests upon the upper surface ofthe stropl() substantially-as shown in Figure'Q. Theauxiliaryhandle 11 is then inserted into .thenotches 13 of the blade and the blade with its attached holder Valternately pushed'andvpulled ,over the surface of the strop or hone .while downward pressure is exerted on thehandle 11. -Attheend of each stroke the blade is turned bypartially rotating the handlelll'so that the cutting edge portioniof 'the blade'is pointed in the desired direction, and this position is then Amaintained during the remainder of the stroke. )These alternate strokesvover the strop or hone may be continued as long as desired After theauxiliaryhandle 11V hasbeen removed, Lthe vblade ma-y be used for shaving without detaching it from the holder 6. A guard structure 14, preferably formed lsubstantially as shown in Figure 9 is positioned upony the blade' 9 and the frame. T he guard structure 14 `herein shown comprises a guard member having a series of rounded and downturned teeth 15" adjacent one end and-aj securing member 16 'offresilient material being adapted to snap into positionover `the thickened portion of theblade- 9` and pressagainst the inner 'face of thewtransverse member of theholder. The :guard member 14 and securing' member 16 are preferably welded or otherwise suitablyiunitedso as to Vform a substatiallyintegral piece. AThe angle-at which -the transverse member ofthe holder 6, substantially as shown in Figure 7, but this arrangementis merely a. matter of expediency. The endmost guard teeth 15 are preferably bent upwardly' and over the blade to serve in positioning the guard upon theblade and prevent the accidental relative movement of the blade and guard during the shaving operation. The free extremity of the securing member 16 is preferably curved to provide a finger engaging projection 16a to facilitate the positioning of the guard within the frame and its removal therefrom.

This may be arranged for in any expedient manner but as herein shown the endmost guard teeth 15 are made flexible relative to the adjacent central teeth 15, in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the top surface of the latter, and the end teeth 15 are provided with downturned apert-ured ears 19 for the reception of the stub shafts 2O eccentrically mounted in the ends of the eccentric adjusting roller 21. This roller is substantially cylindri-cal, but with the stub shafts eccentrically mounted in its ends and journaled in the ears 19 ofthe endmost guard teeth, the rotation of the eccentric roller will serve to warp or flex the endmost teeth 15 of the guard, and cause the cutting edge of the blade to move closer to the central guard teeth, as the thicker portion of the roller comes between the 'shafts 2O and the teeth or far away, as the case may be, thus varying the clearance between them. It will be understood that the arms carrying the innermost teeth are normally flexed above the position corresponding 'to the least effective radial position of the member 21 so that the resiliency of the arms willhold the member 21 firmly in contact with the surface of the guard member, then, as the shaft 20 is adjusted radially, the influence of the eccentric member 21 will move the cutting edge of the blade toward the central teeth of the guard mem# ber and decrease the vextent of the clearance space therebetween. Then as the wider portion of the roller mov-es in the opposite direction the resiliency of the metal of the en dmost teeth will serve to move the blade away from the central teeth, the under surface of the teeth remaining always in engagement with the periphery of the roller 21. A knurled handle 5 may be provided for ready rotation of the adjusting member 21. It will be noted that the eccentric adjusting roller is carried by the guard member 14 and is removed with the guard member when it is desired to strop or hone the blade clearance. After the desired adjustment of the blade relatively to the central guard teeth 15 is once secured, it may be held indefinitely, the central guard teeth remain in the desired position under the control of the adjusting roller 21 regardless of whether or not the guard member 14 is secured upon the blade.

Vhile this construction herein shown may' be considered as a preferred'form, similar results may be satisfactorily obtained with other constructions without departing from the principle of warping a portion of the guard member to vary the clearance between the cuttingredge of the blade and the central teeth of the guard member. This feature is alsoV described in detail and specifically claimed in my co-pending application, Serial No. 400,416," and is therefore not specifically claimed in the present application, although it will be observed that I have herein shown a slight modification of the construction therein described,in that the ad- F justing roller is here shown as p-eripherally smooth (round in fact) rather than polyp; onal as there shown, obviously, however, the function and operation are substantially the same.

lt will be noted that the blade 9 and associated parts can be readily clean-ed after the shaving operation, or whenever desired. XV hen the guard member 14is removed from the blade and frame, the blade and frame can be thoroughly scoured by holding under the faucet and allowing the running water to remove the extraneous matter, or the frame .and blade may be swished in water standing in a bowl or the like, the operator holdingr to the tip of the handle 5. Likewise the guard member 14 may be readily cleansed by immersion ina standing body of water o'r held in the stream from a faucet.

Moreover, it will be noted that my iinproved safety razor is particularly designed for speedy action. The guard memberA 14' can be snapped on the blade, and instantly removed by grasping the projection 1G11. The'blade is readily stropped with a few strokes over the surface of the strop, and the cleansing operation can be quickly completed. The holder 6 can then be disassembled from the handle 5 and the entire mechanism housed in any desired container. The edge portion of the blade 9 is preferably folded into the U-shaped holder@ whenthe device is housed in a container.

lVhile it will be apparent that the illus-` trated embodiment of my invention herein disclosed is well calculated to adequately ful- 'andrchange Withinthe spirt'andscope of the subjoinedrclaims f f `Having 'described-my invention, I claim .1. 'Inia safety razona holder, a blade piv- -otal'ly supportedwon said-holder, saidnblade being formed at: a .point .intermediate said pivotal supportv and its cutting. edge toV receivei a' handle-for 'stropping, and a detachable'han'dle adaptedA to engage said blade' or moving said blade over astrop.

` f 2. In a safety razorya holder,- a blade pivotally supported-on said-holder, saidfblade having means forse'curing'a handle thereto at` ai point intermediate said pivotalV support and 'its cutting edgei'or stropping, and a detachablefhandle adapted lto engage said blade for :moving said blade over a strop.

In a safety razor, a frame comprisingVv a holder rand v, a handle detaehably secured theretoy-and :al blade' pivotal'ly supported on said holder, said blade beingformed ata n point intermediate said pivotal supportvand its cutting edge to `receive-ia detachablehandie-for moving said blade over-a strop.

f4.fIn a-safetyrazor, a` frame comprising a' holderand .alhandle Vdetachably secured thereto,fand a bladei pivotally supported/on said-holder, saidfbladefhavingmeans for detachably securinga'handle thereto at a point intermediate said pivotal support and its 'cutting edge for moving saidblade over va strop.l v5. Inasafety razor, a holder comprising side members and a transverse member, and al blade vhaving'a cutting edge'and-a'thick edge,xsaid blade being pivotally supported on said side memberson an axis substantially parallel Awithfbutspaced from'v the cutting edge thereof, said axis -also y being Vspaced from saidtransverseflmember to kpermit-a 'strop to be `inserted between said blade and saidI transverseV member, said blade 'being 1 formed tov receiveawdetachable handle ata point intermediate said cutting edge andsaid axis for moving said'blade over said strop.

6. In' aY safety razor, a holderromprising side members*` and a 'transverse-member ,A and 'a blade having a cutting edgeand a thick edgepivotally supported lon said-,side members on' an axis substantially parallel with but spaced from the. cutting edge thereof, said aXisalso being spaced from said transverse member to permit a strop to be inserted between said blade and said transversemem-V ber, 'saidblade having means' for detachably securinga handle thereto at a pointfintermediate said Ycut-ting edge'and saidaxisfor moving said vblade over-said strop. g

'I 7.5In safety ra'zoryafholder comprising side membersl and Y al transverse member, -a blade having a cutting edge and a thick edge pivotally supported on fsaid Isidemembers on an axis intermediate said ed jeis,-'saidl` axis also being spaced from said transverse'memb'e'rfto' permitla stropto be insertedfbetween saidbldeandfsaid transiversermember, and

a handlejhavingv means `forffdetachablyI conformedy ata` point intermediate said cutting edge rand said axis to receive. a handle for stropping, and al detachable' handle adapted to engage said blade' `atsaid point for-moving saidfblade over a strop.

l 9r In aisafet razor,a holdeiga' blade having acutti-ng e ge anda' thick edge-,saidi blade being-supported by said holder onan axis intermediate' its edges and substantially parallelto its cutting edge, and having means positioned at apoint intermediate said cutting edge and rsaid Y 'axisi forsecuring a handle' 'thereto forstropping, and: a detachable handle adapted to engage said blade at said point- Ikfor moving-said j'blade 7over a strop.

110.? ln asafety'razor, arframe comprising a: holder and a handle detachably secured thereto, and a blade having. a cutting edge and af-thick edge, saidbl'adebeing pivotally supported ony saidholder at its thick edge and `bladelbeing formedatla ypoint intermediatethe `said Cutting edgeand pivotal supportato receive a detachable handleifor moving said bladeover aV strop. v11.-"In a-safetyfrazor, airame comprising a' holder anda handle detaehably secured thereto,and a'blade havinga cutting edge and a thick edge,said blade being pivotally supported on -said holder at its thick edge, and 'said -blade being; providedxwith means positioned at agpointintermediate the 4said edgeV and pivoted supportD for deta'chably securing ahandle thereto for moving saidblade over a-fstrop. 12.*Ina safety razor,- atrame, a bladepivotally supportedwvifthin said1 frame and having avcutting 'edgefandf a thick edge, and-a guardstructure-having aportion arranged to engage'said bladenearthe cutting edge thereof, anotherportion-arranged to engage the thickedge of said'blade and still tanother portion arranged toconnect with said` frame at a 'point spaced from the axisof said'blade 13; In asafetvrazon'a frame, a blade piv- Aft/ally supported Within said'frame and having a cutting edge anda' thick edge, and a gu'ardstructure having a portion arranged to engage said-'bla-de-nearthe cutting'edge thereot,- a-nbther l portion arranged to"` engage the thick edge ofsaid' blade'- and still 'another portion ,having means dor adj ustablv connecting the samewvith saidtrame, whereby the relation of saidgnard and-fsaidblade-to said frame may` be varied; f f f 114, Inasafetyrazorga frame, a-bladepivotallysupportedewithin said fframef and hav- .heating the samel withe saidblade at a point intermediate said cutting' edge and j saidaxis ing a cutting nedge.anda,thickidgaa guard structure havingaportion arranged to engage .said fblade near the cutting edgetliereof, an-

other-portion arranged to engage the thick edge of. said blade and stillanotherportion 4arranged -to connect with said .frameto retain said guai-din position on said frame, and

said frame, and a removable guard structure comprising a guard member having a partV engaging said blade near the cutting edge thereof and a supporting member having a 'part curved to engage the thick edge of said blade and also having a part to engage said trame and retain said guard structure in Aposition on said frame.

16. In a` safety razor, a frame comprising side members and a transverse member, a

blade having a cutting edge and a thick edge,`

said thick edge being pivotally supported between the side members of said frame on an vaxis parallel with said cutting edge, said axis being spaced from the transverse member of said frame, and a removable guard structure comprising a guai'd member having a part engaging said blade near the cutting edge thereof, and a supporting member having a part curved to engage the thick edge of said blade and also having a part to engage said frame and retain said guard structure in position on said frame, and means for securing the last mentioned part of said guard structure to said frame in different positions so as to vary the radial position of said guard member and said blade relative to said frame.

17. In a safety razor, a frame, a blade pivotally supported within said frame and having a cutting edge and a thick edge, a. guard structure of relatively resilient material having portions arranged to engage said blade near the cutting edge thereof, and a portion arranged to engage the thick edge of said blade and also having other portions arranged adjacent said cutting edge, and means 'carried by said first mentioned portions to vary the relation of said last mentioned portions to said cutting edge, by selectively deforniing said resilient guard member.

18. In a safety razor, a frame, a blade pivotally supported within said frame and having a cutting edge and a thick edge, a guard structure of relatively resilient material having portions arranged to engage said blade near the cutting edge thereof, and a portion arranged to engage the thick edge of said blade and .also having other portions' `arranged adjacent said cutting edge, and means carried Vby one of said portion to varythe relation of said last mentioned portions to `said cutting edge by selective resilient defor- `mationof vsaid guaidmember.

19. In a safety razor, a frame comprising a holder and` a handle vdetachably secured thereto, a blade having a cutting edgeand a thick edge pivotally supported in said holder cnfan axis positioned intermediate said edges `and extendingv parallel therewith, said blade being arranged to receive a detachablerhandle .at apoint'interinediate said cutting edge and said axis for moving said blade over a strop,

.and a guardstructure having a portionV arranged to engage said blade nearthe cutting :edge thereof, anotherportion arranged to engage the thick edge of said blade, and another portion having means for adjustably connecting the same with said frame Whereby the common angular relation of said guard and said bladeto said frame may be selec- :tively varied.

ing* portions to engage saidv blade near the cutting edge thereof, another portion arranged to engage the thick edge of'said blade,

bother portions 'arranged' parallel with the nectiiig theguard structure with said frame i lwherebythe common angular relation of said guardand said blade to said frame may be varied, and adjustable means carried by one of said portions to vary the extent of `said clearance space. v

Q1. In a safety razor, a holder, a blade pivota-lly supported on said .holder on an axis substantially parallel with but spaced from its cutting'edge, and a handle having means for detachably connectingthe same with one end of said blade at a point between said axis and said cutting edge.

'22. In a `safety razor, a holder, a blade pivotally supported on said holder on an axis substantially parallel with but spaced from itscutting edge, and a handle having means for detachably connecting the saine with vone end of said blade ata point betvveen saidv axis and said cutting edge, said holder being so arranged that when said blade is supported by said handle said holder will depend .from said blade. Y

23.' In' a safety razor, a holder, a handle adapted to be secured thereto, apair of tenons securedin the holder, and a blade pivotally mounted on the tenons, the blade being notched toreceive a stropping tool.

,24: In a safety razor, a holder, a handle adaptedto be secured thereto, a blade directly secured Within .the holder and having an edge portion and a relatively thick rear portion, and a guard plate arranged to engage the holder, the sides of theedge portion of the blade andthe .central portion of the rear portion of the blade.

25. In a safety-razona holder, a'handle adapted to be secured thereto, a blade directly secured 'Within the holder and having an edge portion and a relatively thick rear portion, a guard plate arranged to enga-ge the sides Lof the edge portion and the central portionof the rearportion of the blade, and means for adapted to fit in said notch Aof the blade for movln the blade over a strop.

n a safety razor, a holder,-a handle adapted to be secured thereto, a blade directly secured to the holder and having a pair of alined notches adjacent one side edge, and a second handle having a pair of spaced jaws adapted to fit into said notches of the blade for moving the blade over a strop.

33. In a safety razor, a holder, a blade pivoted upon the holder and having a notch adjacent Aone side edge, and ya detachable holder adapted to fit in said notch ofthe blade for moving the blade over a strop.

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securing the guard plate Aupon the holderin a plurality of adjusted positions. t

26. In a safety razor, a holder, a-'handle adapted to be secured thereto, a blade directly secured Within the holder and having yan edge portion and a relatively thick rear'porf tion, a guard plate arranged to engage the sides of the edge portion and the central porltion of theV rear portion of the blade, means forsecuring the guard plate upon the holder in a plurality of adjusted positions compris-V ing spaced projections on the holder," and a flexible holder engaging portion of theguard plate having a plurality of aligned apertures therein adapted to co-aet with the Vprojections .A f

on the holder. y

27. In a safety razor, a holder, a handle adapted to be secured thereto, a bladepdirectly secured to the holder, means for secur-` ing the blade in predetermined angular -relation to the holder comprising a toothed guard-plate adapted to engage the blade and holder, and means carried bythe guard plate for moving the teeth thereof'to adjust the distance of the teeth from rtheedge of the blade.

28. In a safety razor, a holder, a handle Y adapted to be securedthereto, a blade directly secured to the-holder, and meansfor secur-V y ing the blade in predetermined angular relation to the holder comprising a toothed plate adapted to engage the blade and holder comprising aneccentric roller mounted upon the guard plate and engaging the teeth.

29. In a safety razor, a holder, a handle adapted to be secured thereto, a blade directly secured to the holder, and a detachable handle adapted to directly engage the blade for moving the blade over a strop.

30. In a safety razor, a holder, a handle adapted to be secured thereto, a blade directly secured to the holder, and a second handle having spaced jaws adapted to engage the `blade for moving the blade over a strop,

31. In a safety razor, a holder, a handle adapted to be secured thereto, a blade directly secured to the holder, and having a notch adjacent one side edge, and a second handle guard *i 

